Senator Seymour has threatened a filibuster to block the bill.参议员西摩威胁说要发表长篇演说来阻挠议案通过。A group of senators plans to filibuster a measure that would permit drilling in Alaska.参议员们试图阻挠一项允许在阿拉斯加州钻探石油的议案获得通过。They simply threat...
A senator dragged the subject in as a filibuster.一个参议员硬把这个题目拉扯进来，作为一种阻碍议事的手法。They simply threatened to filibuster until the Senate adjourns.他们仅威胁说要发动抗争直到参议院休会.Senator Seymour has threatened a filibuster to block the bill...
冷饮柜旁的那番谈话是转折点.That conversation at the soda fountain was the turning point.如果你到这儿来, 我们可以一起坐在冷饮柜边上.If you were here, we'd sit at the soda fountain together.他借了钱,装了个冷饮柜,不久小生意就做得不错了.He borrowed cash and installed a sod...
The field trip involved crossing a raging torrent.实地考察时要穿过一条水流湍急的河。Some students attended Prof. Jones on a field trip.一些学生随琼斯教授去野外郊游.Are you going to have a field trip on Tuesday?你准备星期二去野外旅行 吗 ?...
Derrick and I have been laying out the system of irrigating ditches.德里克跟我在一起修建那个灌溉网.The rain has filled up the ditches again.雨水又把沟渠给灌满了.The fields are crisscrossed by irrigation canals and ditches.田野上沟渠纵横.Deep ditches, d...
to close existing loopholes堵住现有的漏洞They tightened the loopholes in those acts.他们堵住了那些法案中的漏洞.Boat to the middle of a river only plug up loopholes.船到江心才补漏洞.指临到紧急关头才设法补救....